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Learning Japanese

Learn to Speak, Read and Write Japanese Quickly! (Free Online Audio Recordings & Printable Flash Cards)
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Everything you need to learn Japanese quickly! Learning Japanese is a complete language learning package designed for people who want to learn to communicate in Japanese quickly and easily, whether on your own or with a teacher. The book introduces all the basics of the language,... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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Everything you need to learn Japanese quickly!

Learning Japanese is a complete language learning package designed for people who want to learn to communicate in Japanese quickly and easily, whether on your own or with a teacher. The book introduces all the basics of the language, including pronunciation, vocabulary, and sentence patterns, so you can engage in simple conversations right from the start!

Useful explanations of the Japanese script, greetings and requests, verb conjugations, honorific forms, and etiquette dos and don'ts are all included. A dictionary of commonly-used words and phrases is provided at the back.

The carefully-constructed lessons in this book all relate to useful everyday topics such as:

  • Introducing yourself and meeting people
  • Numbers, counting money, and telling time
  • Going to a restaurant and ordering food
  • Talking about your family, hobbies, and personal interests
  • Shopping, getting around, and asking for directions
  • Dealing with phones and IT issues

Hours of free native-speaker online audio recordings accompany the dialogues, vocabulary, and exercises, enabling you to practise pronouncing and understanding all the Japanese words and sentences! Free downloadable flashcards available online are also a great help in memorising the vocabulary and phrases, and memorable manga-style comic strips provide helpful visual prompts for the dialogues.

This ultimate language package has everything you need, at a fraction of the price of expensive language kits!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9784805317549

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 June 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: Tuttle Publishing

Illustration: with 10 full-page manga stories; 25 b&w photos; downloadable Audio Recordings; printable flash cards

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 544g

Pages: 288

About the Author

Emiko Konomi received her PhD from Cornell and taught Japanese language at Portland State University at all levels for many years. She also trained Japanese-language instructors at various teacher-training programs in the U.S. Her passionate teaching style and dedication earned her the John Eliot Allen Outstanding Teaching Award in 2011 and 2015. She is the author of Reading and Writing Japanese Hiragana and Reading and Writing Japanese Katakana.

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